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One of the things that we heard across the local authorities that we visited was that they would prefer there to be much more flexibility with regard to the national outcomes.
Alasdair Allan spoke passionately about his experiences of working in Malawi. Unfortunately, I have yet to visit Malawi; it is on my list and I am sure that I will do so as and when we are allowed to travel again.
Previously, a pupil who was moving from primary to secondary might have gone to the secondary school for an afternoon or a whole day for a number of weeks. Instead, pupils got a one-day visit to look around and get used to the new environment.
It is not just about medicines—many patients visit their community pharmacy and pharmacists see many different patients across the week, for many different reasons.
In my previous life, I used to be visited annually by GCHQ, to see whether my computer centre— I am going to move on so that we can talk about other forms of infrastructure, such as energy supply.
The passion and care of early years workers in all sectors, which I have witnessed during my visits, have been amazing, and I cannot praise them highly enough.